Cue the wild celebrations at Lisbon’s Stadium of Light, Real Madrid’s Santigo Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid’s Plaza de Cibeles (where fans congregate after victories) and at millions of other points around the soccer world. For the first time in 12 years, Real Madrid is the king of European soccer.

The 4-1 scoreline in no way reflects the competitive nature of the game or Atletico Madrid’s hurculean effort. Ramos’ goal (see it here) snatched victory from the jaws of his team’s local rival and sent the game into extra time. Real Madrid had the better of play in the first period of extra time and simply turned it up a notch in the second.

Bale’s goal sealed the result, as Atletico Madrid lacked the energy to mount a comeback. Goals from Marcelo and Ronaldo merely padded the score. Real Madrid will revel in the twin Copa del Rey and Champions League triumphs, while Atletico Madrid must be content with its La Liga title and status as runner-up in Europe.

3 - Carlo Ancelotti is only the 2nd manager to win three European Cup/Champions League titles after Liverpool's Bob Paisley. Illustrious.

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120th minute, 4-1 Real Madrid: There’s a fracas on the field. We’re not sure what happened, but Simeone is out there yelling at his players and at the referee.

Varane was having words with Gabi, which seemed to spark some pushing and shoving.

97th minute, 1-1: Real Madrid has been the better team in the opening minutes of the first half of extra time.

Ronaldo has taken the only shot (he missed), but Modric and di Maria are asserting themselves in the midfield.

91st minute, 1-1: The first half of extra time is underway. Here’s a brief history of extra time in Champions League finals, courtesy of UEFA.com.

“Fifteen European Cup finals have gone to extra time. The finals of 1958, 1968, 1970 and 1992 were decided in the additional period, while the 1974 showpiece between Bayern and Club Atlético de Madrid ended 1-1 after 120 minutes with Bayern winning a replay. The other ten finals were settled by a penalty shoot-out after extra time: in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2012 when Chelsea defeated Bayern 4-3 in the shoot-out after a 1-1 draw.”

There's never been an extra-time goal in a #UCLfinal - last one was Ronald Koeman's for Barcelona in 1992. Robben missed a penalty in 2012.

Ramos walks off to a hero’s embrace from his teammates. The Spanish defender’s dramatic goal extended the all-Madrid Champions League final by at least another 30 minutes.

Real Madrid had Atletico Madrid under pressure after the 90th minute and got its reward when Ramos struck. Its dream of winning “La Decima” is still alive, while Atletico Madrid must be wondering if they are still “los pusas” or “jinxed ones.”

62nd minute, 1-0 Atletico Madrid: Ronaldo leaps high at the far post but can’t connect his head to Ramos’ cross. It was another threatening moment from Real Madrid in the second half.

59th minute, 1-0 Atletico Madrid: Real Madrid makes a pair of substitutions. Isco and Marcelo are coming on for Khedira and Coentrao, respectively.

Khedira failed to adequately replace the suspended Alonso (no surprise there). The German midfielder was beaten by Godin on the goal and booked a few minutes later. Misplaced passes and mistimed tackles characterized the rest of his game.

Real Madrid signed Isco last summer with hopes that he would blossom into a future star. There’s no time like the present for the 22-year-old to show what he can do.

54th minute, 1-0 Atletico Madrid: Ronaldo tests Courtois with a powerful free kick on target, but the Belgian goalkeeper parries it over the crossbar.

Di Maria was dribbling through the Atletico Madrid defense, and Miranda wrapped him up 30 yards away from the goal.

46th minute, 1-0 Atletico Madrid: The second half is underway.

Halftime, 1-0 Atletico Madrid: The first half comes to end with Atletico Madrid in front.

As expected, the all-Madrid final has been tight, tense and nervy. The teams have struggled to create scoring opportunities from open play, as midfield pressure and tough tackles have stifled attacking talent.

Yet, Godin has put the upstarts Atletico Madrid ahead, and it will be difficult for Real Madrid to claw one back. Ronaldo and Benzema were subdued in the first half. They need to be be much better in the second.

0 – Benzema and Ronaldo have made no touche in the opp box during the 1st half. Starving.

How Casillas responds to his calamitous error could determine the outcome of the game. If the Real Madrid captain demonstrates authority at the back and makes a fantastic save or two, it could inspire his teammates. If he retreats from the moment or concedes again, that coveted “decima” will elude Real Madrid for at least another year.

45th minute, 1-0 Atletico Madrid: Khedira is cautioned in the closing moments of the first half.

41st minute, 1-0 Atletico Madrid: Adrian Lopez has an opportunity to double the lead but his header goes over the crossbar.

It came after a corner kick. Varane initially headed the corner out, but Juanfran headed the ball back into the Real Madrid area. Godin out-jumped Khedira and headed toward a goal that was only open because Casillas had left the goal line but didn’t manage to reach the ball.

Casillas, a Real Madrid icon, will rue the mistake. It looked like he slipped as he closed in on the ball.

Atletico Madrid’s aerial prowess has paid off once again.

6 - Atletico Madrid have scored more headed goals than any other team in the #UCL this season. Godin.

32nd minute, 0-0: Bale comes close to breaking the deadlock in the game’s first real scoring chance. The Welshman intercepted Tiago’s wayward pass in the midfield and bolted forward in the right channel before cutting inside. Bale managed to shoot through traffic from inside the box but couldn’t hit the target.

27th minute, 0-0: The referee cautions both Garcia and Ramos.

Garcia was booked for a cynical foul from behind on di Maria. An indignant Ramos raged at the referee (we’re not sure what for) and was booked for it.

20th minute, 0-0: The first 20 minutes have been tightly contested, and there is nothing between the teams at the moment.

Both are defending in numbers, applying pressure in the midfield and looking to hit their opponent on the counter-attack.

The strategies won’t produce an open game. Instead, it likely will take a moment of supreme quality, a set-piece or a mistake to breach either defense.

13th minute, 0-0: It took 13 minutes for one team to finally shoot. It was a woeful effort from Garcia, who tried to test Casillas from distance but put his shot well into the stands.

Ninth minute, 0-0: Costa was clearly struggling for the first eight minutes, and Adrian Lopez replaces him. Costa’s problematic hamstring injury prevents him from playing a major role in the final.

9 - Diego Costa has been subbed off after 9 minutes, the fastest in a Champions League final. Brief.

But this is only the warm-up to the real show. The teams are coming onto the field, and kickoff is only a few minutes away.

Pregame: The lineups are in, and a few managers’ decisions will raise eyebrows around the soccer world.

Costa starts for Ateltico Madrid. The Brazil-born Spanish international received radical horse-placenta treatment on his balky hamstring this week. It worked, as Simeone has deemed Costa healthy enough to start. It’s a huge gamble.

Turan is an injury casualty. The hip problem that he’s battling keeps him out of the squad altogether.

The rest of Atletico Madrid’s squad is familiarly settled. Simeone’s group should be confident given its performances in this elite competition over the course of this season.

12 - Atletico Madrid are the only team unbeaten in the Champions League this season (9 wins, 3 draws). Invincible.

However, question marks lay behind them. The biggest is the presence of Khedira, who tore his ACL in November and has only seen 120 minutes of action since returning to the field on May 11. The German midfielder must fill the considerable hole Alonso’s absence creates in Real Madrid’s engine room.

Meanwhile, Pepe is only fit enough to take a spot on the bench. Varane takes his place in the center of Real Madrid’s defense next to Ramos. Varane, 21, is immensely talented but has started only one Champions League game in 2014. Fullbacks Coentrao and Carvajal might curb their attacking enthusiasm so as not to leave Varane exposed at the back.

12:45 p.m. ET: It all comes down to this. Atletico Madrid faces Real Madrid for the right to call itself the champion of Europe.

Lisbon’s Estádio da Luz is the site of the 2014 UEFA Champions League final where Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, the two biggest clubs from Spain’s capital city, meet for the 195th time in their history. Never have the stakes been as high as they are now.

Atletico Madrid is in the final for the first time in 40 years. It looks to complete its impossible dream of a season by adding the European Cup to the 2013-14 La Liga (Spanish first division) trophy it claimed seven days ago.

Atletico Madrid was calm in the build-up to the game, but don’t be fooled. Head coach Diego Simeone’s team is hungry and determined to show what it can do in club soccer’s biggest stage. Simeone might be without star striker Diego Costa (hamstring injury) and wing wizard Arda Turan (pelvic injury). Both are gametime decisions. Simeone often reminds fans that the team is star in his system. The Champions League final puts his theory to the ultimate test.

Real Madrid could lift the European Cup for the 10th time in its history and end 12 years of pain by beating its local rival in Lisbon. All the pressure is on head coach Carlo Ancelotti and his team, as winning the Champions League is an admitted obsession for everyone connected with the club. Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) in April, but the Champions League is the only prize that can make 2013-14 a success for the Spanish soccer giant.

Ancelotti’s team also won’t be at full strength. Midfield general Xabi Alonso will miss the final due to suspension. Defender Pepe and striker Karim Benzema are nursing ailments. Thankfully, Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has recovered from a hamstring problem and is expected to start. Real Madrid will need Ronaldo and his supporting cast to handle the tension that comes with such a massive occasion.

16 - Cristiano Ronaldo’s 16 goals in a single European Cup/Champions League campaign is a record. Boss.

Saturday’s game marks the first time two teams from the same city will contest the Champions League final and only the fifth time two teams from the same country have met at this stage of the competition.

The game kicks off at 2:45 p.m. Stay right here, as we’ll bring you all the action from Lisbon’s “Stadium of Light.”